536 A KAZEM-BEG,.. 
Remark 12. page 545. û 
1) The reader, on comparmg this place of our translation with that of Klaproth, will see the 
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difference between them. The reading in the MS. of St: Petersburg is as follows D ul US) 
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LS JS 4 Jo? y) Ublue xls 950 5) (ce L) LL Es] CET did 9) «from 
hence he advanced towards Tabasarän , put its chief to death and converted its inbabitants 10 
the religion of Muhammed.» This accords :with the quotation in the MS. of Berlin; only we find 
nothing about puttng the chief of Tabasarân to death in either -of the two others: 2 2) As to 
the assertion in our text, that the greater part of the people of Tabasarän in the beginning were 
Jews, we do not find it in either of the other two. Though indeed .we have no authentic re- 
cord of the truth of this assertion in any historical work, yet it. is not far from probabilit y. 
Even to the present day T'abasarân is remarkable for the abundance of Jews, in comparison 
with the other parts of Daghistan, excepting only some villages belonging to the Province of 
Gkubba. For this reason, the living tradition of the country affirms that the ancient inhabitants 
of this country before the establishment of the Isläm in Daghistan were all Jews. — 
3) I have had no occasion to read any particular account, of ancient, Tabasarân, or about the 
etymology of the word: in Teberi and Zbni- 4sam we always find OL which was in fact the 
ancient name of the present Mazanderan, probably the same with the Zapour of the Grecks. 
The modern orthography of the name of this part of Daghislan, is &hksnpb Taberseroen, which 
means, having heads (resembling) axes, or rather bearers of axes. The last signification is pre- 
ferred by the modern etymologists of the country, who ground their opinion ion the tradition, 
that the name was given by Anüshirvän to a class of people whom he appointed to puard the 
fortress of Derbend (see Rem. 33 to Part E.) 
Remark 13. page 545. 
In Klaproth we read erroneously fortes 5 Both: in Klaproth's translation and in the 
MS. of St. Petersburg we moreover find, that Muslimeh ordered that the army of Tabasarân, 
under the chief command of Ma’soom, should form the advanced post at Derbend. —, The fo]- 
lowing is the reading of Dr. Dorn's version: ab| she U Lab oo > pd gore af (os 
AI pret JH® «He ordered that thé advanced-guard of Derbend should be the army of Ta- 
basarân under the command of, Muhammed - Ma’sooim » | 
We do not find, anything. of the, short description of the qualities of this Amir in Klap- 
roth's translation. In. the MS. of St. Petersburg we réad : (> So) FT A5 ous été af 
cn) au «who. was:a politician,- an honest and a godly man, » ,— Klaproth, in;a-noté'to 
this place, says: «Les dignités de maasoum et de Cadis sont devenues héréditaires dans A Tha- 
baserân; et ce pays est encore divisé entre ceux qui les possédent. » ———— À 
The character of the eéastern antiquarians has: always been.remarkable for.the self: confiènce 
with which they satisfy their own curiosity and'allure their readers. They never leave ‘any- 
thing unexplained and no antiquity can escape their presumptuous pretentions to research: — 
